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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
educate \ed"u*cate\ ([e^]d"[-u]*k[=a]t), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Educated} ([e^]d"[-u]*k[=a]'t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Educating} ([e^]d"[-u]*k[=a]'t[i^]ng).] [L. educatus, p. p. of educare to bring up a child physically or mentally, to educate, fr. educere to lead forth, bring up (a child). See {Educe}.] To bring up or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the mental activities or senses; to expand, strengthen, and discipline, as the mind, a faculty, etc.; to form and regulate the principles and character of; to prepare and fit for any calling or business by systematic instruction; to cultivate; to train; to instruct; as, to educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste.
Syn: To develop; instruct; teach; inform; enlighten; edify; bring up; train; breed; rear; discipline; indoctrinate.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Educated \Ed"u*ca'ted\, adjective Formed or developed by education; as, an educated man.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
educated
adjective
1: possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge) [ant: {uneducated}]
2: having or based on relevant experience; "an educated guess"; "an enlightened electorate" [syn: {enlightened}]
3: adequately educated in the use of numerical terms and concepts especially in arithmetical operations
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "educated": abreast of, abstruse, advanced, ameliorated, au courant, autodidactic, beautified, bettered, briefed, civilized, converted, critical, cultivated, cultured, deep, developed, discerning, embellished, encyclopedic, enhanced, enlightened, enriched, erudite, improved, informed, instructed, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, literary, literate, pansophic, perfected, polished, polyhistoric, polymath, polymathic, posted, primed, profound, refined, reformed, scholarly, scholastic, schooled, self-instructed, sensitive, studious, taught, trained, transfigured, transformed, up on, up-to-date, versed, well-informed, well-read, well-versed, wise
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